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Star Trek Shattered Universe: TrekCore Review |
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TREKCORE >
GAMING >
SHATTERED UNIVERSE >
TrekCore Review I really wanted to like the last new Star Trek game we will see for a couple years, especially considering how the game was cancelled and brought back to life by StarSphere. After that, I really thought it was saved for a reason; that it would be a great game that would prove to everyone that there was life in the Trek gaming franchise. Unfortunately, this is not the case… Shattered Universe starts its disappointing journey with an intro movie that features plastic, unrealistic, undetailed CGI versions of familiar characters Sulu and Chekov. The story can be found in full here, but the short version is that Sulu and the crew of the Excelsior get transposed into the Mirror Universe and have to fight their way back… Overall, I found the story to be rather bland; there are only two characters in the game (Sulu and Chekov), so you there is no richly developed Mirror Universe to get lost in. There are rendered cut scenes throughout the game, however the cut scenes are so visually dreadful that it might have been better to not have them at all. Now this was likely unavoidable because good rendered scenes cost money that Trek games generally do not get, but these cut scenes really prevented the game from establishing the feeling of being in the Trek universe.
Sound wise Shattered Universe is a mix of terrible sound effects to great sound effects. For example, there’s a horrible low quality typewriter noise whenever your objectives change. There’s also an incredibly annoying warning klaxon that goes off whenever you are too near a planet; and while this klaxon blares out your speakers, you have to endure Sulu’s 500th warning that you have entered a gravity well and that you should proceed with caution. Developers: ONLY have this voice over the first couple times you enter the gravity well, but not EVERY SINGLE TIME for the entire game! And have the klaxon go off after a couple times. I mean, there is a visual indicator for it, why continue to annoy the player? Otherwise the game’s sound is great. Weapons fire sounds like it has punch and the explosions (especially of the capital ships) are very satisfying to hear.
Shattered Universe is at best mediocre. The negatives really overpower the positives and you would be best to spend your money on more engaging and entertaining titles. SU really offers nothing new in terms of gameplay or graphics or anything. Period. The only reason to buy it is to hear two Trek veterans reprise their roles and to play some scenarios previously seen in classic Trek. It’s a renter as there is no replay value and you could easily finish it in a couple days using the cheat codes…
Rating: 50 out of 100
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